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Expand Up @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Conversions prefixed `as_` and `into_` typically _decrease abstraction_, either
exposing a view into the underlying representation (`as`) or deconstructing data
into its underlying representation (`into`). Conversions prefixed `to_`, on the
other hand, typically stay at the same level of abstraction but do some work to
change one representation into another.
change from one representation to another.

When a type wraps a single value to associate it with higher-level semantics,
access to the wrapped value should be provided by an `into_inner()` method. This
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